The biggest GT ever caught popping in Southern Oman (off the rocks)

The biggest GT ever caught from the shore popper fishing in Southern Oman! Caught by JC during the 2017 annual No Boundaries Oman 'Reef Raiders' trip. It will be beaten, someday when someone get's lucky! *Language warning - in the heat of battle there are a few expletives sorry.
Gear Used:
Lure - Amegari Kaxu 240 stickbait
Hooks - Gamakatsu GT Recorder 6/0
Rod - ASWB Indian Pacific GT Tamer 6/8
Line - longtom attracting POS snappy stuff!
Reel - Shimano Stella SWB 14000 with SOM 16000 No Limits spool

[@Briggsy]

Such a rad fish Mate, no guarantees I land her but if I hook one like yours you better believe I'm going to go absolutely spaz trying!

[@ebbtidetackle]

Haha no doubt you will man, I am sooo keen to see the vids that will come from your trip. wish I was going!

[@DanEvan]

When I saw you were collaborating with Ed I nearly soiled myself! Gonna be so sick!

[@markward5588]

Hey Briggsy are you guys going again?

[@bigfishfishing-111]

For Jonny to have ya back like that and jump in for it is incredible. What an epic moment. Great video

[@ebbtidetackle]

Cheers man yeah he played a big part in that!!

[@levihua1980]

Those oman gts pull hard. Feel so much hard that every other GT I’ve caught. Epic catch John.

[@cb-ys4wp]

That was a Beast! And the Fight was just as Big too! Big Congrat's on the Monster of a Catch.

[@ebbtidetackle]

Cheers man, it was a class of fish I can only hope to find off the stones again let alone land

[@brettstewart6036]

Congrats Johno that smile said it all bro was even bigger than the one ya had on ya dial the day you got your first marlin congrats again mate Yogi 🤙🤙🤙

[@ebbtidetackle]

Brett Stewart haha yes yogi remember that like yesterday - yesssss!

[@fidbb5912]

you know whats the best part of fishing is? everyone around you will be happy if you got a fish,and you will be happy too if they got a fish,its one of the thing that make us loved fishing

[@ebbtidetackle]

"Who Shares Wins" wise words by the man himself! @Steve Morgan

[@ghalihitmi]

Enjoy ur trip bros and lets hope for the the best fishing thanks for sharing ur videos🙏🤘🎣🍻😍😍

[@ebbtidetackle]

Ghali Angler thanks man 60 next time

[@hailevan8638]

Long time no see you guys, come to this island to conquer GT monsters, right? 😢

[@novasweat4432]

What knot did you tie to your swivel for this fish mate?

[@ebbtidetackle]

Uni knot with 2 turns through the swivel eye, full No Boundaries Oman spec!

[@matt1653]

absolutely mental man! is that the pe8 gt tamer? it says the recommended drag is 11kg... im guessing that was quite a bit more than 11kg

[@ebbtidetackle]

Yeah it is man, I may have voided the warrenty haha, it performed awesome.

[@matt1653]

hmmm might have to buy one. How is it at throwing lighter stickbaits in the 80-120gram class?

[@ebbtidetackle]

Probably 120 is the sweet spot man. I just got back from a GBR trip where I was throwing lures as light as 75 on it.

[@widysukardigopar9530]

Woww nice big size rock fishing boss👍

[@ebbtidetackle]

Thanks man

[@DanEvan]

I’ve legitimately watched this on both your channel and MTF a dozen times, no exaggeration. Question John, how much PE-10 did your 16000 spool hold, and how much line was out when that brute crushed that Kaxu 240? What do you think it got your capacity down to?? So bloody sick mate!!

[@ebbtidetackle]

Hey man glad you love it, this is the first time that pretty much the whole fight has been put out there with obviously some cheeky banter to the MT guys ;) I was down a bit of line to begin with as had been having trouble with the long toms snipping our line... I had lost 3 quality fish to line failure because of it so I stripped a bit off and was really lacking confidence in it (which is why I purposely didn't strike as I was certain it might pop). I rec that spool had about 180m tops of line on it, and I probably had 40m out on hook up, I literally got down to 5 - 10 meters of line on the reel, it was tense and I was sure I was smoked, but I got lucky

[@DanEvan]

EbbTideTackle wow John, talk about fully puckered. I remember you said you were going back to an old standby line this past year. And yeah man I watched Saltwater Prodigy’s video where he mentioned just how bad the long toms are taking chunks out of your line! Haha I don’t think I could imagine a more annoying scenario than that, like it’s not even funny when you think about what it took (preparations/travel/money) to get you to that moment just to pop off the fish of a lifetime because a longtom turned your PE-10 into PE-4!! What a memory and how good getting that footage because that fight could never expressed through words to those who weren’t there

[@ebbtidetackle]

Those long toms are truly evil! Never seen them as bad as over there and the line I was using had multi colours and they seemed to be super attracted to it - worst fish!

[@iann6936]

Your a legend!!!! what a fish from shore!!!. Maybe one of us Hawaii guys can top it. Aloha 🤙

[@ebbtidetackle]

Haha You guys would be top of my list man, especially Nate!

[@iann6936]

Nate is da man. Wrapped My first rod. And got me addicted

[@ebbtidetackle]

He's wrapping a rod for me right now! Rebuilding my MH80H, can't wait. I'm def coming to fish with him someday over 808.

[@glenmathews3399]

Great fish. Did you measure it?

[@ebbtidetackle]

No, we didn't have the ability to at the time. Plenty of experience from the guys there with the team and we were all blown away with the size for off the rocks. Getting the fish back healthy was first priority also. Thanks for watching!

[@bassimalhabsi9768]

It's really cool, Where is the location?

[@ebbtidetackle]

Bassim Alhabsi southern Oman man, fishing with No Boundaries

[@bassimalhabsi9768]

@@ebbtidetackle Thanks.... enjoy☺🌷

[@lukawilliams4822]

Old mate grabbing the gill area 🫣

[@tacklecentralfishing1051]

What reel? The spool doesn't say "Stella"?

[@ebbtidetackle]

Tacklecentral Fishing haha I’m being a bit tricky there, yeah it’s a 14000 SWB Stella with an aftermarket 16000 SOM No Limits spool for a bit of extra capacity

[@lachieb444]

Thank god for the extra capacity then ai! Epic fish mate! 🙌🏾

[@ebbtidetackle]

Lachie B would have been devo if I got soooled

[@lachieb444]

EbbTideTackle I’d just about be swimming after it before getting spooled I reckon hahaha

[@ebbtidetackle]

100% man haha

[@vsonic86]

Wow man congratulation, that is right from the shore too.

[@ebbtidetackle]

Sure is man, one of the very best catches of my life for sure

[@vsonic86]

@@ebbtidetackle how many lbs of test that you use in this one mate?

[@ebbtidetackle]

@@vsonic86 PE10, aprox 110lbs test

[@vincentdonnellythemadfishe5158]

Speechless

[@ebbtidetackle]

Not like you to be speechless!

[@lydiacahill6931]

Hey where is my mention?!

[@ebbtidetackle]

Needy much #thereelmrsjohncahill

[@ApexAngler]

which island is this sir? if you don't mind telling me. If you mind, just ignore me.

[@ebbtidetackle]

Khuriya Muriya Islands. Fishing with the crew from No Boundaries Oman 👍🏻👍🏻

[@tacklenutfishing2339]

Legendary...

[@ebbtidetackle]

Still get warm feels watching that.

[@tacklenutfishing2339]

EbbTideTackle one of those rare moments... unforgettable...

[@ebbtidetackle]

tacklenut fishing the kind that keep you going!

[@ebbtidetackle]

Absolutely

[@vossievis6973]

Awesome 😅👍

[@caucaromientay]

wow. em chào anh trai và mọi người đang xem. video rất hấp dẫn. rất vui được làm quen cùng anh

[@ebbtidetackle]

Thank you @Tháp Mười Quê Tôi We hope you enjoy our content!

[@salaciafishing9146]

The challenge only fo MT crew?

[@ebbtidetackle]

Haha anyone man - hopefully we see a bigger one

[@salaciafishing9146]

@@ebbtidetackle Hope so...the record is still 72kg since 2006..😎

[@ebbtidetackle]

@@salaciafishing9146 amazing fish by Keiki Hamasaki - from anywhere, but from LB, just wow

[@MicheleMeggiolaro]

love it

[@ebbtidetackle]

Michele Meggiolaro thanks 🙏🏼 bromo

[@galeysprimetime1115]

That’ll test your gear that’s for sure

[@ebbtidetackle]

Oh dude it stretched it all to the limit haha

[@JF-tu2xb]

i can smell a beef going on

[@ebbtidetackle]

Haha no zero beef man just good fun. The boys will smash it and i'm excited to see.

[@JF-tu2xb]

EbbTideTackle Congrats on the fish bro☺

[@ebbtidetackle]

Thanks man great mems

[@anaswahyudi6591]

Amegari kaxu?

[@ebbtidetackle]

Anas Wahyudi yeah man I love that lure!!

[@anaswahyudi6591]

@@ebbtidetackle best floating lure at the market right now,, im lure maker too, and i think amegari kaxu have perfect action swim

[@ebbtidetackle]

Anas Wahyudi as close to perfection as I’ve seen bro!

[@markward5588]

How the hell has this only got 2k views??

[@ebbtidetackle]

yea dunno, spread the word!

[@MdShuvo-vz7kt]

Brother gave the location

[@auzzieFisha9]

That was a horse!

[@ebbtidetackle]

Nuts hey man!

[@trololololod]

Goals set, challenge accepted !

[@ebbtidetackle]

Haha are you going Raph?

[@trololololod]

Unfortunately I cant afford to join the Morning tide x NBO expedition, but I got my own trips in the works!

[@ebbtidetackle]

Raph Travels ah are you one of the Green Anglers?

[@trololololod]

I am not part of the Green Anglers. I did grow up in Oman tho so the country and surrounding ocean is very familiar to me.

[@ebbtidetackle]

Ah cool man very good, have you targetted Geets all over Oman?